Pulse, one of our favorite newsreaders for iOSand Android, is now available on the web. You can now view your favorite websites in an elegant and colorful mosaic through your browser. The online app also syncs with the mobile versions.

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The video above shows Pulse in action in the browser on a Windows tablet, so it's optimized for upcoming touchscreen tablet PCs. Even without using touch, the web version is a pleasure to use. The layout expands to the width of your browser, you can select various sizes for the grid, navigating through the app is quick (it scrolls infinitely), and each article is displayed well for easy reading. Unlike the iPad app, however, all of the content is displayed in one big grid, rather than separated with headings into categories (e.g., Top Tech stories or stories by website).

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As with the mobile apps, you can add social streams (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, and even your Readability reading list), but they're not as obvious to find, so you have to search for the network you want to add. Also, while Google Reader integration is in the mobile apps, I don't see that option yet on the web version. You can, however, add it on your mobile app and have your news feeds show up on Pulse on the web.